AMMAN —Al Ghad— The Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC), Dr Khalid Touqan, announced in a press conference on Monday, that the initial test run of the research reactor at the Jordan University for Science and Technology (JUST) with a capacity 5 Megawatts has been successful.

Construction of the reactor commenced in 2010, and it is intended to support research, education, training, environmental research, and the production of medical Isotopes.